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About 1732 a man by the name of Jabez came into the place and built a small house on the west side of the brook,
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and near to it, a little north of Mason's Mill, on land after- ward owned by Charles Dunbar. He never laid out his 500 acres, but soon moved away. The stream near which he located took its name from him, but has become transformed into Jabesh, by which it is now known. The people gave the name of Gilead to the smaller stream crossing the road a little distance beyond Root's early mill. These together constitute the name of Jabesh-Gilead, a city of some note in Palestine, belonging to the children of Manasseh.
The next permanent settlement was made by Col. Timothy Dwight, who located in the centre of the town, and came from Northampton. He was proprietor of a tract of land extend- ing nearly a mile each way from the centre. Ile remained but a short time, and then returned to Northampton. His son Nathaniel remained, however, and during his long and useful life was prominent among the first settlers, and died March 30, 1784, in the seventy-second year of his age.
The following names occur with great uniformity in the early settlement : John Smith, Joseph King; William, Sam- uel, and Moses Hannum ; Abner Smith, Benjamin Stebbins, Ebenezer Warner, Moses Warner; Thomas, John, and Jon- athan Graves; Benjamin Morgan, Ebenezer Bridgman, Joseph Bridgman, Samuel Bascom, Hezekiah Root, Robert Brown, Stephen Crawfoot, Israel Towne, Benjamin Billings, Thomas Graves, Walter Fairfield, Nathan Parsons, Eliakim Phelps, Joseph Bardwell, Israel and John Cowles, Thomas Brown, Nathaniel Dwight, Daniel Worthington, James Walker, Elihu Lyman, and Aaron Lyman. Of these, Phelps, Lyman, Root, Dwight, the Hannums, the Bridgmans, Stebbins, and Bascom were from Northampton; the Cowles, Bardwell, and the Graves were from Hatfield ; the Smiths and Warner from Hadley.
Particular mention can be made of but few of these and other early families.
John Smith was the son of Joseph Smith, and grandson of Joseph Smith, who came from England and settled at Hart- ford, Conn., about 1651. He married Elizabeth Hovey, of Hladley, in 1709, and removed to Hatfield in 1711, where he was chosen deacon of the church. Hle settled in Belchertown in 1736, and was chosen first deacon of the church at its or- ganization in 1737. He was a prominent actor in the religious and civil affairs of the town, and was authorized by the Gen- eral Court to call the first meeting ever called by legislative authority of the settlers of Belchertown for police purposes, raising money to support the gospel, and for other prudential affairs. The church records say of him, " A valuable man in his day." He died in 1777, at the age of ninety-one. Several of his sons settled in town.
Deacon Aaron Lyman (formerly spelled Limon) was a grandson of John Lyman, of Northampton, whose name occurs there as early as 1661. He settled in Belchertown in 1731, and married Eunice, daughter of Nathaniel Dwight, the following year. He was chosen deacon in the church at its organization, and died in 1780, at the age of seventy-five. His descendants have disappeared from the town.
Ebenezer Bridgman was a native of Northampton, and came to Belchertown in 1732. His father was John Bridg- man, of Northampton, whose father, James, was one of the Pilgrim Fathers, and settled in Hartford, Conn., in 1640, and afterward in Springfield. Ebenezer Bridgman married Mary Parsons in 1710, and passed his life in Belchertown, dying in 1760, at the age of seventy-four. Several of his descendants are still citizens of the town.
Benjamin Stebbins, a native of Northampton, was a de- scendant of Rowland Stebbins, who came to this country from England, in the ship " Francis," in 1634. He settled in Bel- chertown in 1731, and is said to have been the first actual settler of the town. He remained through life, raised a family which is still represented in the town, and died in 1789, at the age of seventy-eight.
Nathaniel Dwight was a native of Northampton, and a son of Nathaniel Dwight, who located at Northampton in 1689. Ilis great-grandfather, John Dwight, came from England in 1636, and located at Dedham. Nathaniel settled in Belcher- town in 1732, married Hannah Lyman, a sister of Aaron Lyman, and was a prominent man in all civil and religious affairs. He served as a captain in the French-and-Indian war, 1755-60, was active and useful in the Revolutionary war, and did much to advance the interests of the town. He died in 1784, at the age of seventy-two. The family is still repre- sented. A second branch settled about 1775, in the person of IIenry Dwight, from Western (now Warren), Mass.
Eliakim Phelps was born in Northampton in 1709, and was a descendant of Nathaniel l'helps, one of the first settlers of that place, and of William Phelps, who was one of the first settlers of Windsor, Conn., in 1640. He was the sixth settler in Belchertown, in 1731 or 1732. Ile lived an honorable and useful life, and died, leaving descendants, in the year 1777, at the age of sixty-nine. For his first wife he married Elizabeth Rust, of Northampton, who bore him six children, and died in 1752 at the age of forty ; and for his second, Elizabeth Davis, of Springfield, who died in 1778, aged sixty-four, and by whom he had several children.
John Bardwell was a son of Robert Bardwell, who came from London to Boston about the year 1670. Ile settled in Belchertown in 1732, and was one of the first settlers. IIe had three sons, Martin, JJoseph, and Jonathan, who came with their father. The family has been active and influential, and is still represented in the town. Bardwell village bears their name.
Moses and Ebenezer Warner were brothers, sons of Eben- ezer Warner, of Hatfield, and grandsons of Daniel Warner, one of the first settlers of Hatfield in 1684. Moses, the eldest, was born in 1717, and Ebenezer in 1729. The former mar- ried Sarah Porter in 1739, and died in 1759, at the age of forty- two, leaving descendants. Ebenezer married Dinah Phelps, and died in the year 1812, at the age of eighty-three. Moses settled in the town abont 1747; Ebenezer in 1752.
William and Samuel Hannum were brothers, and came to Belchertown with families in 1732. They were sons of John Hannum, and grandsons of William Hannum, one of the earliest settlers in Northampton. William was born in 1690, and died in 1756, leaving three sons. Samuel Hannum died in 1780, aged eighty-eight, leaving two sons.
The Graves family settled prior to 1735, in the persons of Thomas, John, and Jonathan, who came from Hatfield, and were lineal descendants of Thomas Graves, one of the first set- tlers of that place. Jonathan was born in 1702, and passed his life in Belchertown, dying in 1787 at the age of eighty-six, leaving descendants. Thomas and John were brothers, and sons of Samuel Graves. The former married a daughter of Isaac Graves, a cousin, and died in 1784, at the age of eighty- two .. The latter was born in 1719, and died in 1798, at the age of eighty. The family is not now represented in the town.
Israel and John Cowles, sons of John Cowles, were natives of Ilatfield, and born, the former in 1726, and the latter in 1731. They settled in Belchertown about the year 1752; both engaged in the French-and-Indian war, and went to the relief of Fort William Henry in 1757. Israel died in town in 1797, aged nearly seventy-one, leaving two sons. John died in 1811, aged eighty.
The Towne family are descended from William Towne, who came to this country and settled at Salem about 1640. Israel, . son of Israel, purchased a farm in Belchertown, and settled in 1749, being then twenty-two years of age. He married Naomi, daughter of Benjamin Stebbins, in 1754. He died in 1805, aged seventy-eight, and his wife in 1827, aged ninety-two. They left a family of ten children, of whom a number settled in the town, and intermarried with some of the oldest and best families. The family is still represented.
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Walter Fairfield, a native of Lenox, or Ipswich, was an early settler ; located about 1742, and died in 1756, at the age of eighty-three.
Nathan Parsons settled about 1746, and was a brother of Rev. David Parsons, the first settled minister in Amherst. He raised a family, and died in 1806, at the age of eighty-six.
Hezekiah Root was a native of Northampton, and a lineal descendant of Thomas Root, one of the first settlers of North- ampton. He settled prior to 1736, married, and raised a family. His brother Orlando also settled, and died in 1805, at the age of seventy-two, leaving descendants. Hezekiah died in 1792, at the age of seventy-eight.
Benjamin Morgan settled probably in 1750, passed his life in Belchertown, and had three sons, Benjamin, Titus, and Gad, and one daughter, Sarah, who married Benjamin Billings. Morgan was the last survivor of those who acted in town at the time of the settlement of Rev. Mr. Forward, in 1756. He died Aug. 21, 1812, aged ninety-three. Lis descendants are still represented in town.
Benjamin Billings was born in Hatfield in 1704, and was one of the first settlers in Belchertown. He married Mary Hastings, passed his life in the town, where he raised a family, and died in 1782, at the age of seventy-eight.
Stephen Crawfoot, from Northampton, was an early settler, before 1737. He served in the French war from Belchertown, and died in 1765, at the age of fifty-five.
Daniel Worthington, a native of Colchester, Conn., settled in town in 1753. He was a soldier in the French war, and went out in Capt. Nathaniel Dwight's company for the relief of Fort William Henry in 1757. Ile died at Woodstock, Vt., in 1830, at the age of ninety-eight.
Capt. James Walker was born in Weston, in November, 1732, and was a son of Nathaniel Walker. He settled in Bel- chertown in 1755, was twice married, and had eight sons, of whom James, Hezekiah, Silas, Jason, and Nathaniel lived to advanced ages in town. Tle served in the French war in 1757, and died in 1806, aged seventy-four.
TAVERNS.
Tbe first house of public entertainment was by Samuel Bascom, one of the first settlers of the town. Ile was licensed to keep it in 1733, two years after the first settlements were made. It was probably a small affair, and was designed prin- eipally to accommodate the incoming settlers. Perhaps, also, it received some patronage from the travelers passing through the town from Northampton to Brookfield, and from those persons who came into the town after candle-wood, or for the purpose of boxing pine-trees for turpentine, for hunting pur- poses, or to attend the large herds grazing there.
Doubtless other early taverns existed near the same time, of which tradition does not speak. Nathaniel Dwight kept an inn for many years, as early as 1750, and through the Revo- lutionary war. Landlord Pliny Dwight is mentioned in the town records in 1781.
Elijah Dwight kept a tavern as early as 1783, on the south end of the town common. It was torn down a few years ago.
Henry Mellen kept one soon after, and for a good many years. James II. Clapp then followed for twenty years or more, and was a prominent man. After Clapp it was kept by various persons, including Ephraim and John Allen, Ly- man Gates, a man named Topliff, Thomas Marshall, R. A. White, and Austin and John White. The building was taken down by Everett Clapp.
Jonathan Dwight had one opposite Mellen's, and kept it during a portion of the time that Mellen kept his. All these were kept in the central village.
Two taverns were kept in " Federal Street" a great many years ago, probably in the latter part of the last century. Capt. Asel Dunbar had one, and aeross the road from him Elisha Warner kept another. Dunbar was succeeded by Obed
Smith. Cotton Smith followed in the ownership, and finally men named Mellen and Warner. Inerease Sikes now oeeupies the house as a dwelling. Warner's tavern is occupied as a residence by Wellington Walker.
A man named George Gilbert had a tavern as early as 1812, about three miles north of the central village, on the road to Northampton. Henry Dwight kept one early in the present century in the northeast part of the town, where Guy Allen now lives.
In the south part of the town there have been several. Samuel Shaw erected a public-house near Cold Spring at an early day, and it was first kept by a man named Mckinney. Samuel Dougherty kept one near " Blue Meadow" about sixty years ago. About the year 1800 a man named Ilowe kept a tavern of some repute on the farm now owned and oeeupied by A. H. Bartlett, which was east of the centre, and near the present village. The stage-lines of that early day passed by the tavern, and the waters of "Cold Spring" were eagerly sought after by travel-worn wayfarers.
The hotel now known as the Belcher House, situated in the eentral village and the only one in the town, was originally occupied as the Belehertown Classical School. It was trans- formed into a hotel by Adolphus Strong, who became its first proprietor. It passed into the hands of various persons, among whom have been Col. Darling, Burnett & Cook, and Willard Owens. John L. Bacon, the present proprietor, purchased the house April 1, 1875, and has kept it since, with the exception of a short period when Walker & White conducted it. It is a well-kept and deservedly popular house.
STORES.
The stores that have been kept in the town have been so numerous that no attempt will be made to mention them all in this work. It is probable that trading-posts existed as early as 1750, but by whom kept has not transpired.
The first stores of consequence that existed were kept after the opening of the present century. Of these the first is said to have been kept by Caleb Clark, better known as "'Squire" Clark. During the war of 1812 there were five stores in the town. Of these, Philo Dickinson had one in the building adjoining the present post-office. Where the post-office is Morris & Clark had another. Henry Mellen kept one on the eorner, and Wright Bridgman had one where his descendants have since continued in trade. Another was on " Federal Street," then quite a noted locality, and was kept by Jonas Ilolland, who was afterward succeeded by Seneca Holland. For many years these, under different proprietors, were the principal stores in the town. Eldad Parsons had a store in the southeast part of the town sixty years ago. E. P. Killam was in trade in 1827, and Killam & Longley traded where the post-office now is. Elihu Root occupied the Mellen store about forty years ago, and about the same time Samuel Foster traded in the post-office building, but moved from that into the brick store on the road to the depot. D. Graves & Co. were prominent traders in 1880. At the same time S. & C. H. Dwight made saddles, bridles, valises, portmanteaus, and the like, and traded where Hamilton's shoe-shop now is. W. Reed & Son engaged in the tailoring business in 1830. Calvin White traded at " Slab City" in 1835. John Thurston had a store about twenty years ago under the old Baptist Church.
Those in trade now are E. R. Bridgman, T. R. Green, E. S. Bridgman, Edward S. Hopkins, G. W. Longley, William E. Bridgman, and Enoch Burnett. Besides these, there is a drug-store, and a number of small enterprises chiefly limited to one line.
PHYSICIANS.
The tirst to engage in the practice of medicine was Dr. Estes Ilowe. He is first mentioned on the records in 1770, but had then probably been in practice for a number of years. He served one campaign in the French-and-Indian war, and
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accompanied his father, Capt. Samuel Howe, to Ticonderoga. Upon the news of the conflict at Lexington he went to Rox- bury and joined the troops there. He served in the Massa- chusetts line, and was commissioned surgeon in the regiment commanded by Col. Brewer. He afterward engaged in the Continental service, and was attached to the regiment com- manded by Col. Putnam. 1Ic was with Gen. Gates at the surrender of Burgoyne, and continued with the army until the contest seemed to be at an end, when the wants of a grow- ing family compelled him to return to practice. He was a prominent and useful man, and filled many offices of respon- sibility in the town. He died in 1825, at the age of seventy- nine.
The next physician was Dr. Amasa Scott, who is mentioned in the records in 1786. He lived in the cast part of the town, and occupied the " old Fenton house," which stood near the old burying-ground. Dr. Martin Phelps succeeded him as early as 1798, and occupied the same house. Dr. Israel Trask came from Brimfield, Mass., in 1796, was here in 1802, but soon after returned to Brimfield.
Dr. William Bridgman resided where Worcester Longley now lives, and is referred to in the town records in 1815. He practiced a great many years, and finally removed to Spring- field.
Dr. William Holland was in practice as early as 1819. He built the house where Edward Towne now resides. He also lived near where James II. Clapp formerly resided. In 1832 he removed to Canandaigua, N. Y.
Dr. Augustine Paine came from Granby in 1814, built the house now owned by Harrison Root, and died soon after.
Dr. Oliver S. Taylor, a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1800, commenced practice in Belchertown in 1814, and left in 1817.
Dr. Anson Moody, a graduate of Yale in 1814, studied medi- eine and practiced in 1826 in Belchertown, and was a success- ful and popular physician. He removed to Ware village in 1820, and from thence to Connecticut.
Dr. Horatio Thomson commenced practice in 1826 or 1827, and continued many years. In 1834 he married Luey MI., daughter of Hon. Mark Doolittle. He resided where his son, Dr. George Thomson, now lives, and after a long and success- ful professional lite died Oct. 5, 1860, aged fifty-eight. His son, Dr. George F., succeeded him in practice, and is still successfully engaged in the discharge of the active duties of his profession.
Dr. Benj. Rush Palmer was a contemporary of Dr. Thomson for a short time, and removed to Woodstock, Vt., about 1830.
Dr. Orrich Willis was a native of the town, but never en- gaged in active practice in the place. He removed to Hard- wick, changed his name to William II. Willis, and afterward engaged in practice at South Reading.
Dr. Charles Robinson was in practice about 1840, and for several years. He subsequently went to Kansas, and became governor of that State. He married Sarah, a daughter of Myron Lawrence, Esq., of Belchertown, who published a history of Kansas after their settlement in that State.
A number of other physicians have been in practice in the town,-Dr. Allen, Dr. Loren Allen, and Dr. Bement, for a number of years; Dr. Temple, for a considerable time; Dr. Bassett, Dr. Roberts, Dr. Bottom, and others.
The only physician besides Dr. Thomson now in practice is Dr. William Robinson, who has practiced in the town for the past three years.
LAWYERS.
The town has had a good supply of lawyers. The first to practice was Joseph Bridgman, many years ago. The next was Mason Shaw, for a few years.
Hon. Mark Doolittle graduated at Yale College in 1804, studied law, and soon after settled in Belchertown. He was in practice for many years, and was a prominent, useful, and
aetive man. He filled many public offices of trust and re- sponsibility, and was the author of an historical sketch of the Congregational Church of Belchertown, one of the most exhaustive treatises in print. He died several years ago.
Hon. Myron Lawrence was another strong member of the profession who practiccd in Belchertown. lle studied with Mr. Doolittle, commenced practice about 1820, and continued until his death, in November, 1852, at the age of fifty-three. He was a large man, of commanding appearance and im- pressive manners, and possessed that peculiar organism which is calculated to control and govern others. He was prominent and popular, not only in the town, but in the State, and was identified with various popular movements. Hle repeatedly represented the town and county in both branches of the Leg- islature, and was a member of the Senate at the time of his death. He was president of the State Senate, and filled the position with great ability. As a lawyer he took high rank.
S. W. E. Goddard studied law with Mr. Lawrence, and engaged in practice from about 1856 to 1863. He was the last regular practitioner the town has had.
Franklin D. Richards, now of Ware, practiced for a short time before removing to that village. Edward Clark prac- ticed for a brief period, about 1840.
STAGE-ROUTES, ROADS, AND POUNDS.
The principal stage-route through the town was that from Northampton to Boston, which was established at the opening of the present century. It was owned from Northampton to Belchertown by James II. Clapp, and from the latter place to Ware by William Phelps. The ownership frequently changed. An opposition line was started by Cotton Smith and a man named Mellen, and run for a time. They owned from Northampton to Ware.
Probably the first road laid out in the town was what was known as the " Great Road," passing from Hadley to Brook- field. It existed in 1756, and was the one which these stage- routes followed, entering at the northwest corner and passing southeasterly through the town. For a long time after the set- tlement nothing but " bridle-paths" existed. In 1762 the town " voted to choose a committee to lay out a road for Thomas Graves to get to meeting and mill." This was the first vote upon the subject. At a later day IIenry Dwight built a turn- pike from Belchertown to Greenwich Plains, and established a toll-gate. It was afterward controlled by his son, and finally passed into the hands of his grandson.
The first pound was voted, in 1758, to stand near the meet- ing-house. A new one was voted, Dec. 24, 1778, to be of stone, 40 feet square and 6 feet high, and to occupy the same place as the old one. Thaddeus Fairchild built it for £5. In 1792 it was voted to sell the pound and build a new one.
THE POST-OFFICE
at Belchertown Centre was established about 1812, or a little earlier, and the first postmaster was Philo Dickinson. He was followed by Mason Shaw. Joshua Longley probably came next, and was followed by Phineas Bridgman. Samuel W. Longley, the present incumbent, was appointed during the first administration of President Lincoln.
MEN OF DISTINCTION.
Rev. Horatio Bardwell was a native of the town, and a son of Capt. Elijah and Sarah W. (Smith) Bardwell. He was ordained a missionary to India in 1815, and the same year sailed in company with Messrs. Richards, Warren, Meigs, and Poor, under the patronage of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the island of Ceylon. After remaining at Ceylon a short time, by direction of the Board, he joined the mission at Bombay, where he labored as missionary of the Board until 1821, when his health became so impaired as to make it necessary for him to resign and return to his native land. In 1823 he became the settled
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pastor at Holden, Mass. In 1831 he accepted an appointment as general agent of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and in 1836 was again settled in the minis- try at Oxford, Mass.
Rev. Amasa Smith, a brother of Revs. John and Eli Smith, and son of Deacon Joseph, was born in Belchertown, Feb. 24, 1756. He was elected deacon in 1795; married Sophia Lyman in 1787; was a major in the militia, and carried on the busi- ness of farming until 1802. He then left town, studied the- ology with Rev. O. Crosby, and was ordained in the ministry at North Yarmouth, Me., May 23, 1804. He was dismissed, and subsequently settled at Cumberland, Me., where he spent the remmant of his days in usefulness. lle died there March 9, 1847, at the advanced age of ninety-one.
Rev. Eli Smith was also a son of Deacon Joseph, and was born in Belehertown, Sept. 17, 1750. Hle pursued a course of classical study, and graduated at Brown University in 1792. He studied theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons, and was ordained and settled in the ministry at Hollis, N. H., Nov. 27, 1793. He was dismissed Feb. 28, 1831, and died at Hollis, May 12, 1847, at the age of eighty-seven.
Prof. John Smith was a son of Deacon Joseph Smith, and born in Belchertown, March 5, 1766. He graduated at Dart- mouth College in 1794, studied theology, and settled in the ministry at Salem, N. H., Jan. 4, 1797, where he continued until Nov. 21, 1816, when he was dismissed. Ile was in- stalled as pastor of the church in Wenham, Mass., in 1817, and in 1819 received the appointment of Professor of Sacred Literature and Theology in the Divinity School at Bangor, Me., which position he accepted, and where he remained in the faithful discharge of its duties until his death, April 14, 1831, at the age of sixty-five. Ile possessed good powers of mind, was diligent in his calling, and successful in his minis- terial labors. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Dartmouth College before his death. He attained distinc- tion in classical and theological science, and for years was in prominent standing among the divines of New England.
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